Pregnant Guatemalan Woman, Unborn Child Die After Falling From Border Wall: Officials

A mix of Normandy vehicle barrier and taller border fence by the San Pedro River on the U.S.-Mexico border near Sierra Vista, Ariz., on May 8, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

Officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed a 19-year-old Guatemalan woman who was pregnant died on Tuesday after falling from the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

Officials said the woman, identified as Miriam Estefany Giron Luna, was found by agents in Clint, Texas, on March 7 before an ambulance was called to the site. Giron Luna was taken to the hospital and underwent an emergency C-section.